Comment by mola

Obviously anecdotal, but I'm talkig about people I actually personally know. IRL I'm able to have a conversation with them, online they are so used to trolls and extreme opinions that they get into "fight mode" where they automatically assume the worse about the other person, and interpret anything they say, in the worst possible way.

And I don't see any chilling effect, other than "fuck that, I'm not gonna follow Facebook/twitter anymore"

They're not writing anything, but they're not consuming it. Now if so called journalists would stay off twitter/facebook, the problem will be solved. Because it's not a chilling effect if the entire aparatus is irrelevant.